Item I will to be done for me at my burying and my monethes mynde as shalbe thoughte mete by the discrecyon of my wiffe
Item I geve and bequethe to the reparacione of the churche of Colrede two shillings
Item I geve and bequethe Jesse Pilter my sonne vj li xiijs iiijd [£6 13s 4d]
Item I geve & bequethe to Frauncis Pilter my sonne vj li xiijs iiijd
Item I geve & bequethe to Stephen Pilter my sonne vj li xiijs iiijd
And everie of them to be paid as they shall come to the age of xxjth [21] yeres Provided allwaies That
yf it shall happen eyther the said Jesse, Frauncis or Stephen to dye before the age of xxjth Yeres That then his porcyon to be devided
to his brothers
Item I geve and bequethe to Isabell my daughter tenne pounds
Item I geve and bequethe To Alice my daughter tenne pounds
and everie of them to be paid as they shall come to the age of xviij yeres Provided allwaies that yf eyther of the said
Isabell or Alis happen to dye before the said age of xviijth yeres that then I will there porcions to remayne to there brothers
The residewe of all my moveable goods my deptes and legacies paid I geve and bequeth To Elizabeth my wiffe whom I constitute
ordeine and make my sole executrice to this my laste will and Testamente
Item I ordeine and make my oversear Roger Grise
This is the last will of me the said John Pilter made and declared the daie and yere firste above writen of and in all my Lands and Tenements lyinge and beinge in the p[ar]ishe of Coldred? and Shepsdeswell [Shepherdswell] to be had and holden to the use of Elizabethe my wiffe untill suche tyme as Stephen Pilter my sonne shall come to the age of xxjth yeres and then to be hadde and holden to the use of the said Stephen and his heires for ever
Item I will all my Lands and tenements lyinge and beynge in the parishe of Lidden to be had and holden to the use of Elizabethe my wiffe
untill suche tyme Jesse my sonne and Francis my sonne as they shall come to the age of xxjth yeres
And them to be hadde and holden ysshewe [issue] of the said Jesse Pilter and Frauncis Pilter and to there heyres for ever
And to be equallie devided and shifted betwene them
Provided alwaies that yf it shall happen at anye tyme hereafter The sayd Jesse my sonne or Frauncs my sonne to dye before the sayd age of
xxjth yeres or w[i]thoute yssewe that then one of them to be an others heire of the said Landes at Lidden
And yf it shall happen the said Stephen my sonne to die before the said age of xxjth or withoute
ysshewe that then I will all my Landes and teenements lyinge and beinge in the pishe of Lydden holie to Frauncs my sonne and to his heyres
for ever And all my lands and Tenementes lyinge and beinge in the pishe of Col[d]red and Sheperswold [Shepherdswell] I will holie to
Jesse my sonne & to his heyres for ever
And yf it shall happen all my thre(e) Sonnes to die withoute ysshewe and before the said age of xxjth yeres then I will all my lands and tenements aswell in Colrede Shepswell and Lydden shall Remayne to the foresaid Isabell and Alice my daughters and to there heyres for ever
Wittnesses presente at the makinge hereof:
Roger Griffe; Richard Pashle; John Robins; Walter Mombraye
Probatum fuit: [Latin] 23rd October 1558
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 9th July 2021
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